Breaking Fines and penalty points revoked after 'human error'
The decision to revoke the fines and penalty points was due to an error with the offence location on fixed charge notices related to a static safety camera located on the N25 in Kilkenny.
The error was due to human error when inputting the offence location onto the processing system, gardaí said.
"The error was rectified immediately upon its discovery on the 30th June 2025 and the Static Safety Camera resumed operations with detections from the 4th July 2025 being valid," they said.
A total of 914 fixed charge notices were issued between 30 May and 30 June in relation to the camera.
Some 128 notices were paid with penalty points applied while 56 were paid with the error being identified before points were applied.
Of the remaining 730 notices that were issued, no payment was made prior to the error being identified, therefore no penalty points were applied.
An Garda Síochána said it takes full responsibility for the error and has completed a review of all offence locations associated with static and average safety cameras.
The error only affected the static camera on the N25, gardaí said.
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